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LARGE MINERAL SPECIMEN OF POLYMETALLIC SILVER-GOLD ORE FROM NEAR SILVERTON, CO
$ 13.72
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Description
THIS IS ALARGE SPECIMEN OF POLYMETALLIC SILVER AND GOLD ORE CONTAINING GALENA,
SPHALERITE, TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE, AND POSSIBLY OTHER PHASES IN A QUARTZ VEIN.
THE SPECIMEN IS
APPROXIMATELY 12 X 9 X 7 cm
. IT
WEIGHS ABOUT 1.5 LBS.
THE SPECIMEN IS FROM THE
SUNNYSIDE MINE, EUREKA DISTRICT, NEAR SILVERTON, SAN JUAN CO., COLORADO
. IT DISPLAYS WELL, THE SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE ARE FINE GRAINED, CLEAN AND BRIGHT IN REFLECTED LIGHT. IT IS
VERY HI-GRADE ORE
. THIS WAS COLLECTED FROM THE VEIN OUTCROP AT ABOUT 12,250 ELEV. ABOVE THE FORMER LAKE EMMA, WHICH COLLAPSED INTO THE MINE IN 1978. SEE PICTURES. I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE. THANKS FOR LOOKING.